Re: Looking for right ISP
Actually, most DSL providers WILL allow you to run a web server,
just not under "personal class" DSL. There are many options for
"business class" DSL, and some of them are quite cheap, considering
what you get versus Frame Relay, Dedicated ISDN, etc.
Regards,
Todd
On Wed, 01 Dec 1999, Daniel Yang wrote:
> Thanks for response.
> Running a personal web server through a dialup account has been approved
> just fine. The performance is more acceptable than some highly-hit web
> sites.
> What do you mean by co-location? Many DSL providers won't allow users run
> their servers also. Could you give the names of who does.
>
> Thanks
> Daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Brutsche <pbrutsch@creighton.edu>
> To: Daniel Yang <daniel.w.yang@mindspring.com>
> Cc: Debian-User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Date: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 10:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Looking for right ISP
>
>
> >A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> >
> >> Hi, everyone.
> >> Eventually, I made my web server and my own domain (www.mydomain.com)
> >> running, but my ISP, mindspring told me that I am not allowed to run a
> >> web server through a dialup account and they can't do anything for me
> >> if I want to run my own server.
> >
> >You mean run a web server off a modem dial-up account? Not to sound rude,
> >but why would you do a thing like that? Saying that it'd be slow would be
> >a gross understatement. Dial-up accounts aren't meant for servers;
> >they're meant for Joe Generic to surf the web and download porn.
> >
> >> Then I have to look for a new ISP who provides such service and not
> >> expensively.
> >
> >1) find one that does co-location
> >2) if you have cable or xDSL access in your area, ask about running a
> > server through their service. It'd be a hell of a lot faster.
> >
> >--
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> >Phil Brutsche pbrutsch@creighton.edu
> >
> >"There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
> >universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
> >
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